Subject Re: [firebird-support] import data from external table (huge file)
Author Martijn Tonies
> >Is the file too big to do the import?
>
> Yes. However, unless you are using a FAT32 or an NTFS 4 disk partition,
> it's not the size of the file, but the number of rows being read. The
> absolute number of row slots for a single table is 2^32 (just over 2
> million). So - once the SP has walked past 2,147,483,648th row (or
perhaps
> a few less) the number is up, literally.

So, the maximum number of rows in a Firebird table is just over 2 million?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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